The College Football Playoff quarterfinals feature four blockbuster matchups involving eight teams that have been spurred to this point in varying degrees by their quarterback play. But there's one QB matchup that appears to stand above the rest as New Year's Eve and the resumption of the CFP approach.

Here's an updated look at the College Football Playoff bracket as first-round games become finalized. See which teams have moved on.

The Oregon Ducks, Ole Miss Rebels and Miami Hurricanes filled out the quarterfinal bracket of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff.

Notre Dame leaped the Miami Hurricanes in the AP polls for the first time after Miami lost their second game of the season against Southern Methodist University

Trojan fans do envy the fact that Oklahoma even got into the CFP, but after another early playoff exit for the Sooners, both teams look to 2026

Eight teams are left standing in the 2025 College Football Playoff field after Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tulane and James Madison were sent packing in the first round of this year's 12-team battle for a national championship.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Monday the Buckeyes will take play-calling duties off Brian Hartline’s plate as they prepare to face Miami in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Play-calling will be a “group effort,” but the ultimate decision will be Day’s.

There are a couple college football-level outcasts coming out of the 2025 season, too. They're not as ugly as their green counterpart, but provided ample reasons to be despised by fans, viewers and others associated with the sport.

Jeremiah Smith is from Miami Gardens, Florida. The sophomore Ohio State Buckeyes star wide receiver grew up around Miami Hurricanes fans. All of them hoped that he would play his college football for The U,